Display apparatus



J. E. TALLEY AND J. W. THOMPSON. DISPLAY APPARATUS.

APPLICATION HLED AUG.6, I917.

Patnted Mal; "23, 1920.

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APPLICATION FILED AUG.6. I917.

Patented Mar. 23, 1920.

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IDIFJPLAY APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

. Application filed August 6, 1917. Serial n0. 184,7i'2.

To alt Hi/1.0222, may concern Be it known that we, JOHN E. TALLEY and JOHN VVILh EER T11QMPSOE, citizens of the United States, and residents of Philip delphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain improvements in Display rrpparatus, of which the following; is a specification.

tlur invention relates to merchandise dissupporting frame rotatably mounted with respect to said travelingcarriage.

These and other featurcsof our invention are more fully described hereinafter rcfcronce being had to the accompanying drawin gs, in which:

l igure 1, is a sectional elevation of a merchandise display cabinet showing; a travel ing and rotatable supporting structure e1nbodying' our present invention.

Fig. 2, is an elevation on a larger scale, partly in section, of a portion of the structure shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3, is a plan view of a part of the structure shown in Fig. 2.

Figs. 1- and 5, are views similar to 2, illustrating other forms of traveling and rotatable supporting structures within the scope of our invention, and

Fig. 6, is a plan View of the structure shown in Fig. 5.

ln the drawings herewith, 1 may represent a g 'lasswalled cabinet of the usual type, such for instance as those illustrated in our prior application, having suitably mounted within the same, tracks 2, 2, which may be of channel sections of any suitable type. In this view these t acks are shown at the top of the cabinet, with the supporting frame depending); therefrom, but they may be mounted at the bottom of the cabinet, with the supporting frame disposed for rotation above the same withoutdeparting from our invention. Adaptedto the tracks 2 are the wheels 3 of a traveling carriage which, in the present instance, may comprise a plate 4, having straps or other suitable connections 5 secured thereto for the reception of the axles carrying said wheels; said plate having;- centrally thereof a suitable form of ballsbearinrg 7, which may be held in position with respect to theplate 4; by clampinn members or clips 8, i'lisposed'above and below said plate at, and secured thereto by bolts 9 and nuts 10, or any other suitable form of fastening means.

The ball hearing: may comprise an outer ring or collar 11 forming; a pair of ball cups or races at top and bottom of the same, with internally disp sed cones 12, and two sets of. balls 13 disposed between said cones and the outer cupped sleeve. These several parts mayb'e carried by an internallythreaded sleere or collar 14, externally threaded at its ends with nuts 15 thereon whereby said hearing may be properly positioned on said sleeve. .hreaded into said sleeve or collar 14-, and depending therefrom and from the ball-bearing, is a tubular member 16 which isheld in position with respect to the collar It, by nuts 17 and 18.

i-"tt the lower end of the tubular member 16 is a sleeve or collar 1.9 which may be threaded thereon and provided with outwardly and upwardly extending struts 20 connected at their outer ends to an annular rail or bar 21, from which garments or other objects, or any supports therefor may be hung; said rail or bar 21 being; also connected to a series of spokes 22 radiating from a collar or ring 28 on the tubular member .16 and disposed just below the ball hearing. The ring or collar 23 may be permanently secured to the tubular member 16 if desired, and the lower end of the latter may have a cap 24, threaded thereon and engaging the collar 19, and in such instance affording a lock for such collar.

In Fig. 4:, we have illustrated slightly modified arrangement in which the plate 4* of the carriage frame is shown as cupped at the center as indicated at 8 to receive the ball-bearing, (which may be of the same type as that illustrated in Fig. 2,) and carries an upper cupped member 8" to hold such ball-bcarin. g' in place; the same being secured to the plate at. by screw bolts 9. Or, if desired, the clips 8 shown in Fig. 2, may be employed to hold the bearing in place with the construction shown in Fig. 4:.

In this construction, the supporting frame comprising the struts 20, rail or bar 21 and spokes 22 carried by a collar or ring 23, is

substantially like that shown in Figs. 1 and 2, but the plate 4? .is preferably provided with a series of struts or braces disposed between the same and a collar 26 mounted on the tubular member 16, above the collar 23 carrying the spokes 22.

In the arrangement shown in Figs. 5 and 6, we provide a carriage of a slightly different character, the frame of which may be a single member 4, substantially cruciform in outline, having a thick hub 30, and having wheels 3 adapted to the rails or track 2, and to which a depending stem or tubular member 16 is centrally secured in fixed position. The tubular member is adapted to the hub and may be held in a fixed position with reference to the frame by means of suitable nuts 17 and 18. In this arrangement, the depending member carries ball bearings 31 and 32, of a different type, disposed at the upper and lower portions of the depending member 16 and the supporting frame is secured to a Sleeve 33 positioned to rotate on the depending member, which forms an extended bearing therefor, between the ball bearings 31' and 32. In this construction, the struts may be secured to the arms 3% of a ring 35 carried by the sleeve 33 just above the lower bearing; screws 36 being employed, if desired, and their outer ends, which underlie the spokes, may be secured thereto by screws 37.

Traveling carriages of the type illustrated herewith and fitted with supporting frames of the type also illustrated may be used, of course, with the cabinet structure illustrated in our former application, which is shown with-buffer pads provided to take the shock at the ends of its movements. Either form of structure may be employed at the bottom of the cabinet as well as at the top; any necessary or suitable changes being made in the position occupied by the ball-bearings, and when so disposed the carriages will support an upwardly extending framework of any suitable character, arranged to carry shelves or the like, as may be desired.

\Ve claim:

The combination, with a goods display cabinet, eoniprising a casing, a trackway mounted in said casing, and a wheeled carriage adapted to said trackway, of a frame comprising a stem centrally depending from said carriage, an annular supporting rail,

spokes horizontally disposed between the stem and rail, a plurality of upwardly and outwardly extending struts connected to an id annular rail, ring at the lower ends ol said struts surrounding the lower end oi" said depending stein, connections between the spokes and struts at the rail, and a ball bearing supported by said stem below the ring connected to the struts.

JOHN E. TALLE Y.

J. VVILMER THOMPSON. 

